Entry level Sensory and Beer Styles

Sensory Panel Management course

Ensure the quality and consistency of your product portfolio by learning how to build and manage proficient tasting panels that deliver accurate results with Siebel’s Sensory Panel Management course.

Description

The first line of quality control and product evaluation in commercial beverage and food production is formed by trained taste panels working as part of a quality assurance program. By effectively and appropriately utilizing taste panels, collecting and analyzing the results compiled from trained tasters, and taking the right actions based on the results, your company will improve quality, consistency, and profitability.

With content and instruction provided by noted sensory panel experts, the Siebel Institute Sensory Panel Management course guides you through the tools and techniques used by many of today’s leading breweries, beverage companies, and food producers to assess their products and analyze data, ensuring the highest quality and consistency. While showcasing tools used in the brewing industry, course content can be applied to other beverages (alcohol-free drinks, kombucha, seltzers) and food products. Whether you are new to the field of sensory panel operations or have an established program, this course is critical for food and beverage companies of every size.

Questions regarding our courses and programs? School advisors are available to assist you in selecting the education that meets your individual needs. To speak with an advisor, email us at info@siebelinstitute.com .

Interested in conducting sensory training? Siebel Institute offers easy-to-use liquid format sensory training kits on our website at https://shop.siebelinstitute.com/sensory-training-kits . We also have a full selection of free videos to accompany our sensory training kits on our YouTube channel. Click here to view the Siebel Institute Sensory Station channel.

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Prerequisites

All students applying for a program, module or course must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age. For this course, prior brewing knowledge is not required, but students will benefit from existing knowledge of brewing technologies and/ or related sciences.


What I'll learn

  • Definition of Panel and Panel Leader
  • Basic Sensory Physiology: Human Flavor Perception
  • Definition of Sensory Evaluation - Beer and beyond
  • Non-Physiological Influences on Flavor Perception
  • Personnel, facilities, resources required, etc.
  • Establishing Panels for Breweries of Any Size
  • Motivations, Rewards, Validation and Retention
  • Running a Panel and Training the Trainer
  • Difference Tests: Duo/Trio, Triangle, etc.
  • Descriptive Tests: Characteristics, Intensity, etc.
  • Significance and Analysis – data analysis, application of statistics
  • Key software used in sensory panelist training and analysis of panel results

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Payment Terms

To reserve a seat in any course, module or program, the required non-refundable Application Processing Fee (APF) must be paid within 5 (five) days after a student is accepted.

ONLINE: To qualify for “Regular Tuition” pricing, full payment must be received no later than 14-days in advance of the course, module or program start date.

CAMPUS: To qualify for “Regular Tuition” pricing, full payment must be received no later than 60-days in advance of the course, module or program start date.

“Late Tuition” will apply after these dates.


Time 3.5 days / 24 hours


Certificate of attendance


Tuition (regular) $1,765

APF (non-refundable) $250

Total Cost $2,015


Visa Requirements
(non-U.S. citizens)
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